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Severe Thunderstorm Warning 59, NWS Pittsburgh, PA

June 8, 2007Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania

NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued this severe thunderstorm warning at Jun 8, 2007, 5:31 PM EDT for Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania. It was in force for 59 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The counties it named.

The facts

Issued
Jun 8, 2007, 5:31 PM EDT (21:31 UTC)
Expired
Jun 8, 2007, 6:30 PM EDT
In force
59 min
Issued by
NWS Pittsburgh, PA
Area
Counties, with a storm outline in the text

County Westmoreland County, PA

The radar

The Pittsburgh radar (KPBZ), 68 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The watch it was issued in

The SPC watch in force over the same counties when this warning went out.

IssuedProductOfficeLasted
Jun 8, 12:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WatchSPC8 hr

The nearest sounding before it

Pittsburgh, PA (KPIT), launched 12:00Z, 9.5 hours before the alert went out and 55 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-pSkew-T log-p diagram, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08Temperature and dew point through the depth of the atmosphere, with the mixed-layer parcel. CAPE 255 joules per kilogram.LCLLFCEL10008507005003002001001 km2 km3 km6 km9 km12 km15 km-30°-20°-10°0°10°20°30°40°
Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.
HodographHodograph, Pittsburgh, PA at 12:00Z on 2007-06-08The wind through the lowest 10 kilometers. Zero to 1 km storm-relative helicity 36 square meters per square second.193958Sfc1 km3 km6 km9 kmRMLM
The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.
Mixed-layer CAPE
255 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN
-152 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL
1311 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear
16 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity
36 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity
92 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter
0.0
Supercell composite
0.0

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this severe thunderstorm warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Pittsburgh, PA wrote its last area forecast discussion before this severe thunderstorm warning went out at Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jun 8, 3:06 PM EDT, 2 hours 25 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
306 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

.SYNOPSIS...
COLD FRONT WILL MOVE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THIS EVENING.
SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS...SOME POSSIBLY SEVERE THROUGH 9 PM. FRONT
WILL BE SOUTH OF CWA BY MIDNIGHT WITH HIGH PRESSURE BUILDING IN FOR
THE WEEKEND BRINGING COOLER AND DRIER AIR. BLOCKY UPPER AIR
PATTERN DEVELOPS NEXT WEEK KEEPING HIGH PRESSURE OVER EASTERN U.S.
WITH FIRST CHANCE OF RAIN LATE THURSDAY OR FRIDAY.

&&

.NEAR TERM /THROUGH TONIGHT/...
CAPES 2500 TO 3000 AHEAD OF FRONT THIS AFTERNOON MAY LEAD TO
POSSIBLE SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS. WET BULB ZERO AROUND 10500 FT THIS
AFTERNOON SO LARGE HAIL SHOULD BE MINIMAL WITH DAMAGING WINDS THE
GREATEST THREAT. COLD FRONT EXPECTED TO BE ALONG NORTHWEST BORDER
OF CWA BY 00Z...VICINITY OF PIT BY 03Z AND SOUTH OF CWA BY 06Z.
HIGH PRESSURE BUILDS IN BY SATURDAY MORNING WITH DRIER AIR AND
CLEARING SKIES BY DAYBREAK...EXCEPT IN WV MOUNTAINS WHERE CLOUDS
MAY LINGER TIL MID MORNING.

&&

.SHORT TERM /SATURDAY THROUGH MONDAY/...
HIGH PRESSURE REMAINS ANCHORED OVER MID ATLANTIC THROUGH THE
WEEKEND WITH SEASONABLE TEMPERATURES AND GENERALLY CLEAR SKIES.

&&

.LONG TERM /MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH FRIDAY/...
DRY WEATHER WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE MIDDLE OF NEXT WEEK. NEXT
CHANCE FOR RAIN LOOKS TO RETURN ON THURSDAY NIGHT OR FRIDAY AS
WARM FRONT MOVES NORTHEAST THROUGH OHIO RIVER VALLEY.

&&

.AVIATION /18Z FRIDAY THROUGH WEDNESDAY/...
AT 1830Z LINE OF THUNDERSTORMS DEVELOPING NORTHEAST FROM ZZV
TOWARDS PIT AND MOVING SLOWLY EAST-NORTHEAST. SECOND LINE OF
STORMS VICINITY OF WESTERN LAKE ERIE WILL MOVE EAST TO NEAR CLE BY
00Z AND PIT BY 03Z...AND OUT OF AREA BY 06Z. GENERALLY VFR
CONDITIONS OUTSIDE OF THUNDERSTORMS WITH IFR CIGS AND VSBYS IN
THUNDERSTORMS WITH POSSIBLE GUSTS TO 50 KTS TIL 02Z. CLEARING
SKIES BY 12Z WITH VFR CONDITIONS THROUGH THE WEEKEND.

NO SIGNIFICANT WEATHER IS EXPECTED FOR MONDAY THROUGH TUESDAY AS
HIGH PRESSURE HOLDS ACROSS THE REGION.

&&

.PBZ WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES...
MD...NONE.
OH...NONE.
PA...NONE.
WV...NONE.

&&
Hazardous weather outlook, Jun 8, 1:10 PM EDT, 4 hours 21 minutes before
HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE PITTSBURGH PA
110 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

OHZ039>041-048>050-057>059-068-069-PAZ020-021-029>032-WVZ001>004-012-
021>023-091715-
TUSCARAWAS-CARROLL-COLUMBIANA-COSHOCTON-HARRISON-JEFFERSON OH-
MUSKINGUM-GUERNSEY-BELMONT-NOBLE-MONROE-BEAVER-ALLEGHENY-WASHINGTON-
WESTMORELAND-GREENE-FAYETTE-HANCOCK-BROOKE-OHIO-MARSHALL-WETZEL-
MARION-MONONGALIA-PRESTON-
110 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR EAST CENTRAL OHIO...SOUTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA AND NORTHERN PANHANDLE OF
WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

PLEASE LISTEN TO NOAA WEATHER RADIO OR GO TO WEATHER.GOV ON THE
INTERNET FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE FOLLOWING HAZARDS.

   SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WATCH

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP ACROSS THE REGION.
SOME OF THESE STORMS WILL BE SEVERE WITH THE MAIN THREAT BEING DAMAGING
WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER WILL END BEHIND
THE FRONT AROUND 10 PM.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

MDZ001-PAZ007>009-013>016-022-023-WVZ041-091715-
GARRETT-MERCER-VENANGO-FOREST-LAWRENCE-BUTLER-CLARION-JEFFERSON PA-
ARMSTRONG-INDIANA-TUCKER-
110 PM EDT FRI JUN 8 2007

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR WESTERN MARYLAND...NORTHWEST
PENNSYLVANIA...WEST CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA AND NORTHERN WEST VIRGINIA.

.DAY ONE...THIS AFTERNOON AND TONIGHT

MODERATE RISK FOR SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS THIS AFTERNOON AND
EVENING.

A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE THROUGH THE AREA TONIGHT. AHEAD OF THIS
FRONT SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS WILL DEVELOP. THERE IS A MODERATE
RISK THAT THESE STORMS COULD REACH SEVERE LEVELS. THE MAIN THREAT
WILL BE DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL. THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
WILL END BEHIND THE FRONT AROUND 1000 PM EDT.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...SATURDAY THROUGH THURSDAY

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

WEATHER SPOTTERS ARE ENCOURAGED TO REPORT SIGNIFICANT WEATHER
CONDITIONS ACCORDING TO STANDARD OPERATING PROCEDURES.

In the hours before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Pittsburgh, PA issued on the same UTC day.

IssuedProductOfficeCountiesLasted
Jun 8, 4:21 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZWashington54 min
Jun 8, 4:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZLawrence, Mercer38 min
Jun 8, 4:36 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene24 min
Jun 8, 4:49 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZAllegheny56 min
Jun 8, 4:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZFayette61 min
Jun 8, 5:00 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZButler, Lawrence, Mercer, Venango60 min
Jun 8, 5:01 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGreene44 min
Jun 8, 5:22 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZBeaver53 min
Jun 8, 5:37 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZArmstrong, Clarion53 min
Jun 8, 5:40 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZIndiana65 min
Jun 8, 6:16 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson29 min
Jun 8, 6:59 PM EDTFlash Flood WarningPBZAllegheny, Westmoreland2 hr
Jun 8, 2:48 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMuskingum42 min
Jun 8, 2:59 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZGuernsey46 min
Jun 8, 3:57 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZJefferson48 min
Jun 8, 4:28 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana62 min
Jun 8, 4:35 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZCarroll, Tuscarawas25 min
Jun 8, 5:29 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZColumbiana31 min
Jun 8, 5:02 PM EDTSevere Thunderstorm WarningPBZMarion, Monongalia, Wetzel58 min

Nearby

Severe Thunderstorm Warnings in Pennsylvania, 2007Every severe thunderstorm warning in 2007

Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.